The original Shellum homestead is long gone, but the Godahl Store, where the homesteaders shopped, is still in business one mile to the east.
LaSalle's celebrated softball team in 1936
Back row, l > r: Theodore Sletta, Chuck Bolin, Inger Sletta, Bayard Shellum, Ivan Sletta, Arnold (Pete) Sletta.
Front row, l > r: Knute Sletta, Lester Sletta, Orvin Troldahl, Manager Olaf Hanson, Elroy (Tommy) Thompson, Arol Shellum, Arnold (Coogan) Sletta From "LaSalle: Whistle-stop on the Prairie, 1899-1999"
The LaSalle Coronet Band of 1914
Front row, l > r: Ole Sundt, Math Sletta, Oscar Sletta, Blake Sifford
Second row, l > r: Werner Skirchen, Carl Sletta
Back row, l > r: Bandleader Gruenfelder, Arthur Markeson, Andrew Shellum, Jesse Markeson, Horace Sundt
(To minimize confusion, this Andrew Shellum was a son of immigrant Hans Shellum, a younger brother of family patriarch Anders Andersen Sandboeie.) From "LaSalle: Whistle-stop on the Prairie, 1899-1999"
A gathering of the clans
Standing, l > r: My grandfather John O. Lee, Ole Knutsen Broste, Anton Torgrimson, Olaf Brudelie
Seated, l > r: George Lee (brother of John Lee), Carl Olstad, F.A. Brude, Arthur Melum, Carl Stone
This scene, reminiscent of the 1920s, took place at the Albin farm of Andrew Johnson, a brother of sisters Anna and Emma Johnson, who were married to the Lee brothers. Photo from the Hanska Herald
The Posse
Two weeks after a bank robbery in Northfield, a sheriff's posse killed gangster Charlie Pitts and captured the notorious Cole, Bob and Jim Younger in a gunfight south of LaSalle. The gunfight, which took place along the Watonwan River in 1876, still ranks as the most dramatic story in LaSalle's history. The posse was made up of S.J. Severson, Thomas L. Vought, Benjamin M. Rice, George A. Bradford, Charles A. Bradford, W.W. Murphy and Watonwan County Sheriff James Glispin. Photo from the Minnesota State Historical Society.
The Hanska farmers store in 1900
Photo from the Minnesota State Historical Society
Building the railroad near New Ulm in 1880
Photo from the Minnesota State Historical Society
St. James says farewell at fairgrounds to soldiers leaving for World War I
Sept. 2, 1917
Photo from Minnesota State Historical Society
Lake Hanska Lutheran Choir, 1903
Seated, L>R: Hansine Hagestande, Alice Lee, Toline Bakke, Clara Ouren, Julia Ouren, Bella Bjerteson, Anna Hagestande, Sigrid Synsteby
Second row, L>R: Director Hans Moen, Rev. G. O. Skaret, Mrs. Skaret, George F. Lee, Fritz Lee, Mrs. George F. Lee, Clara Bakke, Mrs. Carl Olstad, Carl Olstad, Porter Olstad, Jacob Bakke, Jacob Synsteby
Back row, L>R: John O. Peterson, Ole Ouren, Carl Stone, Alfred Ouren
